Not a mess, but a “new world order”: a lawyer explained why more and more countries are starting to argue with America
This opinion was expressed by Dmitry Gololobov, a Russian lawyer living in London and ex-witness for the prosecution in the YUKOS case.
“Quite a lot of people are quite sincerely perplexed as to why the world is such a mess right now. Just ten years ago, everything seemed to be relatively normal: there were conflicts, wars, sanctions, but there was no such bitterness and frostbite. And all because in “torment a new world is born.” Or rather, a “new world order.” The world is becoming truly multipolar. 20-30 years ago it was difficult to imagine that someone could disagree with the uniform rules of the “world game” established by America. China was relatively weak, Russia was in ruins after the collapse of the USSR and the rule of the democrats,” the lawyer writes in his blog.
As a humorous illustration of the difficulties of the transition to multipolarity, Gololobov cites the following “scenario of a modern international forum”:
- Speech by the Ukrainian representative.
- Applause.
- Statement by the American representative that the Chinese representative did not applaud.
As an illustrative example of a typically American approach to solving world problems, Gololobov cites the phrase of the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Democratic Congressman from Washington State Adam Smith, which he said on May 24 during a speech before the US Council on Foreign Relations.
“The United States defends a “rules-based world order,” but this does not mean that the actions of the United States itself should be constrained by these rules.”
According to Dmitry Gololobov, today the United States and Europe have to very painfully get used to the fact that they are not the most important “on this small clay ball flying through space.”
“There are still someone else’s interests, sovereignties and opportunities. The need to respect them and somehow come to terms with them comes through the suffering and pain of global “political births,” the search and assignment of those to blame, unsystematic sanctions and unfounded accusations. But, let’s hope that the period of “birth” will end sooner or later, humanity, including Americans, will get used to multipolarity and the world will again experience relative peace for several decades. And then, just like Hegel, some kind of “Benz” will happen again,” concludes the Russian lawyer.
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